ok so i'm going about setting up combined articulations (not to mention some
handy macros for applying them from the selection tool)  but i've realize i
don't have symbols for:

mezzo-staccato accent
mezzo-staccato strong accent
stacatissimo accent
stacatissimo strong accent

i have no idea what approach i should take in choosing appropriate fonts
that might have these symbols--any suggestions?

On 25/11/2007, dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Christopher Smith wrote:
> >
> > On Nov 25, 2007, at 12:48 PM, Jari Williamsson wrote:
> >
> >> Christopher Smith wrote:
> >>
> >>> Could you give me a clue? As far as I can see, you can affect attack,
> >>> key velocity, or duration, and you can affect top and bottom notes
> >>> separately as far as the amount goes, but you can't have more than
> >>> one option active at a time.
> >>> What would I have to do to say, have a marcato both shorten duration
> >>> AND increase key velocity? I always did it before with a second
> >>> invisible articulation for the other option.
> >>
> >> Just use the dropdown and enter the values, they'll stick even when
> >> they are invisible.
> >> FWIW, recent versions of Finale has "correct" (=multiple) settings in
> >> the default files for things like accent+staccato.
> >>
> >> If anyone finds this UI unintuitive ;-), feel free to send a request
> >> to MM...
> >
> >
> > Well, I'll be...
> >
> > I have been kludging this for YEARS!
> >
> > I think I'll send a little note (number 847 of... well I don't know when
> > it will end) to gently suggest that this might not be the best interface
> > design...
> >
>
> Don't -- they'll just add your note to the huge and growing number of
> notes they print out and stamp with a huge GOTCHA! stamp.  Then at the
> annual Christmas party they simply read them out and cackle outrageously
> as each additional message gets angrier and angrier.
>
> I can hear them now:  "Oh, stop it, man, you're killing me.  I just
> spilled my thirteenth beer!  Don't read any more messages from
> Christopher Smith -- man, that guy knows how to write one scathing tech
> support note, I'm telling you.  And he thinks we care and actually pass
> these things along!  Oh, god, my side hurts I've been laughing so hard!
>    Wait'll we read these at the annual Tech Support convention -- we're
> SURE to win the gold medal this time!"
>
> I gave up with those sorts of complaints -- they know their interface
> sucks.  And if they don't know it, they sure aren't going to realize it
> when you or I complain about it.
>
>
> --
> David H. Bailey
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